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7 Oct 2004 The Indian Mobile and Telecom user base crosses 80mn mark in Q1 2004. This is up 6.25% over the previous quarter, and 39% compared to the same quarter last year. The ratio of mobile users to fixed-line users reaches 87% The Global System for Mobile-based mobile service providers added about 1.533 million new users to their subscriber base in September. The subscriber base increased 4.79 per cent during the month to 33.56 million, compared to 32.01 million subscribers at the end of August 200 The country's gross telecom subscriber base (fixed and mobile) reached 81.31mn at the end of the first quarter of the current fiscal year, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said. This is up from the user base of 76.73mn as on March 2004, representing an increase of around 6.25%. On an annual basis, the growth in overall telecom subscriber base is more than 39%, according to the telecom regulator. The subscribers of fixed-line service providers, including Wireless Fixed Phones (WFPs), increased from 42.84mn to 43.51mn, the TRAI said. On the other hand, mobile users (GSM + CDMA) grew from 33.69mn to 37.8mn during the quarter under consideration. Mobile subscribers grew by 12.08% over the January-March quarter, while annual growth (June 2004 vs June 2003) was 118%. The ratio of mobile subscribers to fixed-line users reached 87%. If this trend continues during the rest of the fiscal year, the country would have more mobile subscribers than the fixed-line users, the TRAI said. During the reporting quarter, Internet user base climbed by around 8% to 4.93mn from 4.55mn as at June 2004. The annual growth in the cyber space is 30.32%. The number of 'Always-On' high-speed subscribers reached 226,203, translating into a growth rate of 21% over the previous quarter. Internet telephony recorded a usage of 22.04mn minutes. Average use per month per Internet subscriber was 400 minutes and the Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) a month was Rs250
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